Telferner, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Victoria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77988. The Survey maps it on the Victoria East quadrangle. It stands 92 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1952 USGS Victoria East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Port Lavaca quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Victoria East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
147 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Telferner between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,908 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 74 |
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1686 FIRE |
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BIG BEND FIRE |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD FIRE |
| 6 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEEKEND |
| 26 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HILL ROAD FIRE |
| 2 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOROTHY ROAD FIRE |
| 18 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHWAY 59 SHOULDER |
| 16 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1686 @ RAVEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Telferner in 9 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2012 | Lightning | Telferner | $5,000 | Victoria Advocate reported lightning struck an oil tank on Beck Road East north of Inez. The lightning started a fire from the vapors within the tank. The fire was extinguished without any damages or injuries. |
| June 2025 | Heavy Rain | Telferner | - | Four inches of rain have fallen in the past 2 hours. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Telferner | - | Personal weather station reported a wind gust of 66 mph. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Telferner | - | Public reported ping pong ball sized hail occurred at the Telferner Grocery and Market. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Telferner | - | Victoria Fire Marshall reported a tornado lasted less than a minute to the southeast of Victoria Regional Airport near Farm to Market Road 1686 and Gin Road. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Telferner | - | Heavy rain caused flooding along Benbow Road near Inez. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Telferner | - | A small 12' by 12' metal shed was destroyed by straight line winds. Winds were estimated close to 60 mph. The nearby Victoria Regional Airport reported a wind gust of 55 mph. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Telferner | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Telferner | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Telferner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7697197 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1369694. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





